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Dorcas
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
A female antelope, or gazelle, a pious Christian widow at Joppa whom Peter restored to life (Acts 9:36-41). She was a Hellenistic Jewess, called Tabitha by the Jews and Dorcas by the Greeks.
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(gazelle). [Tabitha]
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
DOR'CAS (gazelle). See Tabitha.
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
a female roe-deer
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
DOR'CAS (gazelle). See Tabitha.